Contact Karen Holland:
Email: art.by.karen.h@gmail.com
Website: artbykarenholland.com
Education:
Degree Programs:
Simon Fraser University: Graduate Diploma in Education 2006
Brandon University: Bachelor of Education A.D. II 1989
Brandon University: Bachelor of Arts with Greatest Distinction 1987
Workshops and Classes:
Emily Carr University: Open Studio Layering Techniques - with Jeanne Krabbendam
(6 – 4-hour sessions) October 2013
Emily Carr University: Exploring the Built Surface: Gels and Wax – with Jeanne Krabbendam
(8 sessions) June 2013
Emily Carr University: Anything But the Brush – with Jeanne Krabbendam (8 sessions) June 2013
Emily Carr University: Using Colour II – with Martin Guderna (6 sessions) March 2012
Salt Water Studio: Catch the Light – with Jeanne Krabbendam November 2011
Emily Carr University: The Built Surface – with Jeanne Krabbendam (6 sessions) November 2011
Emily Carr University: Technique Boot Camp I – with Elizabeth Barnes (6 sessions) September 2011
Emily Carr University: Painting Fundamentals II – with Martin Guderna (6 sessions) March 2011
Emily Carr University: Drawing to Painting – with Lori Goldberg (6 sessions) March 2011
Emily Carr University: Painting Fundamentals I – with Martin Guderna (8 sessions) January 2011
Exhibitions:
Culture Crawl, Parker Street Studios, Vancouver November 17 - 21st, 2016
Parker Art Salon, Parker Street Studios, Vancouver, April 22 - 24th, 2016
Culture Crawl, Parker Street Studios, Vancouver November 19 - 22, 2015
Harbour Art, Vancouver Maritime Museum, October 6 - January 6, 2015
No Future Without a Past, Britannia Mine Museum, September - October 2015
Parker Art Salon - Parker Street Studios, Vancouver, May 1 - 3, 2015
Leigh Square Gathering Place Exhibition, 2253 Leigh Square Place, Port Coquitlam, May to July, 2015
Solo Show, "Altered States," Fraser View Gallery, 11295 Mellis Drive, Richmond, BC, March 2015
Culture Crawl, Parker Street Studios, Vancouver, November 2014
Piece of Mind Exhibition at UBC Student Run Art Gallery, October 27 - Novermber 7, 2014
Inpsired by Emily, Coast Collective Gallery, Victoria, BC , August 27th - September 7th, 2014
Oil and Water, South Delta Artists Guild, Gallery 1710, Tsawwassen, July 24 - August 23, 2014
Accredited by the Federation of Canadian Artists
Student Art Show:”Mixx” Emily Carr Concourse Gallery, June 2014
Break Through, The Cultch, Vancouver, June 2014
Bully-Free, Summerland Arts, Summerland, April 2014
Artists in our Midst, Vancouver, April 2014
Breaking Ground, Britannia Mine Museum, April 2014
Good Vibrations, Semiahmoo Arts, White Rock, Second Prize Winner, March-April 2014
Project Wall, New Arts Program Exhibit, Kutztown, Pennsylvania, USA, March-April 2014
Out of the Rain, Vancouver, October 2013
The Coast Art Show, Vancouver, September 2013
The Coast Art Show, Vancouver, September 2012
The Gathering Place, Vancouver, April 2012
Professional Experience:
“Stained Glass” Workshop – 2 day event, 100 students, 2009
Perspectives Workshop – 2 day event, 100 students, 2007
Art Project Workshops – 2 day events, 100 students 2002-5
Silk Painting Workshop – 2 day event, 100 students, 1999
Fabric Dying Workshop – 2 day event, 100 students, 1998
Commissions:
“Untitled” for H. Sawatzky, Kelowna in progress
“Abundance” for N. Hundal, Vancouver 2012
“Reminiscence” for G. Sawatzky, Manitoba 2001
“Irises” for Dr. P. Bunnell, Vancouver 2000
“Window” for D. Ferguson, Vancouver 1999
Charitable Art Work:
Coast Mental Health – Art Room Volunteer/Mentor/Facilitator – November, 2011 and ongoing
Union Gospel Mission - "Santuary" donation of a piece - March 2015
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra - donated works for fund-raising auction - April 2015
Collections:
Private Collectors in Greater Vancouver, Kelowna, Manitoba